I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be dripping with blood/sweat etc
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The hand that held the gun was dripping with sweat.
drip blood/water/sweat etc
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John came in, his arm dripping blood.
sweat gland
sweat suit
sweated labour
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
heavily
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Her father was under clad for the time of year but was sweating heavily .
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The coat had made her so hot that she was sweating heavily .
over
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Even the ground is affected, and instead of producing food plentifully it has to be coaxed and sweated over .
profusely
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The Prime Minister, who looked relaxed but sweated profusely in the hot hall, said he relished the fight ahead.
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At that time, when it was removed from the casket, the community was astonished to see it sweat profusely .
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Hutt crept silently into the kitchen, his hands sweating profusely as he closed in on his prey.
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By noon on the fourth day he was sweating profusely .
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Within minutes her eyes were watering, she was sweating profusely and she began to find it difficult to breathe and speak.
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They grip the lectern, their knees knock, and they sweat profusely as they try to get their point across.
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I was sweating profusely in a wool shirt.
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By the time he reaches the post he is sweating profusely .
■ NOUN
blood
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Churchill, who demanded and got blood , sweat , and tears, is gone.
hand
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Dances were absolute torture, because I was so small and because my hands sweated a lot.
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When my hands started to sweat , I swiped a layer of Secret across them too.
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Hutt crept silently into the kitchen, his hands sweating profusely as he closed in on his prey.
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The palms of his hands were sweating and he had yawned twice since he left the car.
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She found her hands were sweating .
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The thread was clean, her hands were not sweating .
palm
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As I climbed the steps my palms began to sweat .
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My palms were sweating , my heart thumped.
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Her palms were sweating , and she hoped they would stop when she had to shake hands with him.
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Sometimes, just thinking about fear is enough to start the palms sweating .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
beaded with sweat/perspiration
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As the show progressed, Sandi could see that the dancers' faces were becoming beaded with sweat.
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He is lightly beaded with sweat.
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He was standing, his head sunk between his shoulders, his red face beaded with sweat.
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My forehead was beaded with sweat.
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She looked green; her forehead was beaded with sweat.
blood, sweat, and tears
sweat blood
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Donald sweated blood to build up his business.
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Although I remember seeing some one eating chips from a story I'd sweated blood on when I was working in Worcester.
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I could have understood it in Cottee's case if he had been sweating blood for Everton.
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If I had to sweat blood it would be done.
work/sweat your guts out
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Sweating profusely and gripping the lectern, Anderson began his speech.
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It's so hot, you start sweating the minute you walk outside.
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It was tough work. Within minutes we were all sweating buckets.
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Let them sweat - I'll give them a decision tomorrow.
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My God, it's hot in here - I'm sweating like a pig!
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The heat from the lights was making her sweat and her make-up started to run.
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You're sweating. Why don't you take your jacket off?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Amphitryon, sweating, leaned on his spear.
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If I had to sweat blood it would be done.
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Out in the corridor Toby found he was sweating.
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Quinn tried to imagine him lying in his bed, sweating out a fever.
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She was sweating, yet her skin felt cold.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
cold
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A fine cold sweat dampened her face and neck.
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The pulse steadied, the cold sweats stopped.
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Carol was dying, and he cried out in his sleep and sat up trembling with cold sweats in the heat.
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I was bathed in a cold sweat .
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He crouched in a cold sweat as the black Lab scratched at the door; growling.
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Sweats about the head on the least exertion, covered with cold sweat .
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Such a nightmare was enough to make even the most fearless security officer break out in a cold sweat .
■ NOUN
gland
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You have more sweat glands and blood vessels per square inch in your scalp than any other part of your body.
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Fat in round globules like pebbles, hair-roots like grass, capillary loops and sweat glands like worm tunnels.
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There is no evidence to suggest that sweat glands and their receptors remain unchanged after nerve degeneration.
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Still, although your paws are covered with sweat glands , you might like to walk around on the damp grass first.
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As mentioned before, sweat is produced from the sweat glands in the skin.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be bathed in sweat
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They make the skin crawl like it is on fire, even as it is bathed in sweat.
beaded with sweat/perspiration
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As the show progressed, Sandi could see that the dancers' faces were becoming beaded with sweat.
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He is lightly beaded with sweat.
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He was standing, his head sunk between his shoulders, his red face beaded with sweat.
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My forehead was beaded with sweat.
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She looked green; her forehead was beaded with sweat.
blood, sweat, and tears
break out in spots/a rash/a sweat etc
sweat blood
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Donald sweated blood to build up his business.
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Although I remember seeing some one eating chips from a story I'd sweated blood on when I was working in Worcester.
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I could have understood it in Cottee's case if he had been sweating blood for Everton.
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If I had to sweat blood it would be done.
work up an appetite/a thirst/a sweat
work/sweat your guts out
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Sweat poured off his face.
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Beads of sweat appeared on her forehead and she trembled visibly.
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He stopped working for a moment to wipe the sweat off his face.
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I got sweat in my eyes and couldn't see.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He constantly rotates five pairs of gloves, disliking the sweat that builds up inside as he plays.
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He threw up so easily, not like an adult retching and covered with cold sweat .
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I sat on an upturned box, feeling the sweat beginning to trickle down my back.
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Tepid sweats form, and shine, and instantly evaporate.
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The sweat of old memories, buried horrors, miserable lonely fears.
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The lumps are heavy but I drove myself till my arms cried out and the sweat runs down my back.
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You have more sweat glands and blood vessels per square inch in your scalp than any other part of your body.